Lewis' sentencing hearing in connection with a 2010 killing reconvened Tuesday with testimony from four witnesses called by the defense.

The hearing started last week with prosecution witnesses largely calling for a delayed sentence, allowing up to six years to consider whether Lewis, 15, should be imprisoned for life.

A pair of psychiatrists who testified Tuesday suggested Lewis be sentenced as a juvenile.

Lewis was 13 when he took part in a botched kidnapping-robbery. If given the harshest penalty, he
will become Michigan's youngest-ever juvenile lifer. There are 73
others in the nation who were 14 or 13 at the time of
their crime, six in Michigan.

He and his 32-year-old father, Charles Lewis Sr., had only recently reconnected after his father's release from prison. Within weeks, a plan was hatched with six others to abduct Johnson and coerce her into revealing the location of marijuana plants.

The group wrested Johnson from her home about 11 p.m. July 23, 2010. The elder Lewis opened fire after she was forced into the trunk of a car.

Johnson's mother, Lori Black, also is expected to deliver a statement before the court today.

View full sizeFile photoShayla Johnson, 19, was killed on July 23, 2010.

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